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June 4, 2018 Lacy Noel Textbook Coordinator Tennessee June 4, 2018 Chip Rayman President Lacy Noel Textbook Coordinator Adam Brown Tennessee Department of Education Interim Treasurer 2107 Jacksboro Pike Debbie Abrams-Cohen LaFollette, TN 37766 Secretary Dear Ms. Noel, Jean Begue VP Education & Culture This year, at our request, the Institute for Curriculum Services reviewed Chip Rayman materials that have been submitted for consideration by the state in the 2018 Interim VP Campaign Textbook and Instructional Materials Adoption. They have made Martha Iroff recommendations, which we endorse, to correct errors and misleading VP Children & Youth information regarding Judaism and Jewish history. Wes Johnson The Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, the Jewish VP Public Relations Federation of Chattanooga, the Memphis Jewish Federation, and the Knoxville Bryan Goldberg Jewish Alliance, Inc. appreciate the longstanding and fruitful relationship we VP Community Service have enjoyed with the Tennessee Department of Education. As Jewish community relations organizations and Federations serving Tennessee, we Leah Arneson VP Administration appreciate the rigorous review process you have put in place to ensure that our state adopts high quality instructional materials for our children. We welcome Adam Brown the opportunity to comment and do so in a spirit of partnership. As supporters of Immediate Past President strong public schools, we want the very best for Tennessee K-12 students so they have all the tools they need to succeed as good citizens of our state, country, and world. The Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS), our partner, is a national initiative dedicated to promoting accurate instructional materials and instruction on Jews, Judaism, and Israel for K-12 students and works in partnership with Jewish organizations, publishers, and educators in Tennessee and around the country. Its team employs a scholarly approach, applying a wealth of content knowledge and expertise in teaching, research, and curriculum mapping to its work. The reviews address quality, accuracy, and balance. We believe that the Institute for Curriculum Services’ recommended changes should be made in the interest Knoxville Jewish Alliance Phone (865) 690-6343 6800 Deane Hill Drive Fax (865) 694-4861 Knoxville, Tennessee 37919 www.JewishKnoxville.org Programs Supported by the KJA: Adult & Cultural Arts, Archives, Friendshippers, Institute for Jewish Studies, Knoshville, Jewish Family Services, Ha’Kol community newsletter, Milton Collins Day Camp, Israel Partnership (P2G), Early Childhood Program/Preschool, UTK Hillel/Jewish Student Organization; Summer Programs: Pool, Swim Team, Tennis of historical accuracy and consistency for the sake of Tennessee teachers and students. Students rely on the body of knowledge presented in classrooms to help them reason, problem solve, communicate, and navigate the information they will face in the future. We kindly request that the errors addressed in the attached reviews be corrected prior to the final disposition of the state adoption. Given the level of inaccuracy and bias in Social Studies School Service’s Active Classroom, the Jewish communities of Tennessee believe this resource, in its current form, is not suitable for adoption. Our short submission for SSSS highlights a few examples that illustrate the serious problems with the text. The reviews will arrive as one final PDF submitted to the Tennessee Department of Education. We know ICS looks forward to working with all of the publishers to make appropriate edits to the texts. We also ask that if and when issues are identified and corrected in textbooks, conforming edits are made to the corresponding ancillary materials so that students will not be presented with contradictory information. ICS is also sending these reviews to the publishers as we all believe that, by and large, publishers share our goal of producing accurate and balanced instructional materials. In particular, we would like to thank Pearson and McGraw-Hill for the many improvements made to their textbooks based on earlier ICS recommendations. These have resulted in more accurate learning resources for Tennessee students. Thank you very much for your time, consideration, and dedication to ensuring high quality and accurate instructional materials during the final deliberations about materials considered for Tennessee’s 2018 Textbooks and Instructional Materials History and Social Science Adoption. Yours sincerely, Charles R. Rayman, President Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc. Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, Director, Community Impact Memphis Jewish Federation Michael Dzik, Executive Director Jewish Federation of Chattanooga Deborah Oleshanky, Director of Community Relations, Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennesse ICS 1 Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) Review on behalf of the Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Jewish Federation of Chattanooga, Memphis Jewish Federation, Knoxville Jewish Alliance, Inc. Studies Weekly, Kindergarten Tennessee Studies Weekly: The World Around Us, ISBN: 25768859- 1 First Grade Tennessee Studies Weekly: Our Place in the United States, ISBN: 25768824-1 Second Grade Tennessee Studies Weekly: Life in the United States, ISBN: 25768735-1 Third Grade Tennessee Studies Weekly: Geography, Economics & Early History, ISBN: 25768751-1 Fourth Grade U.S. History Studies Weekly Tennessee Edition: Colonization to Reconstruction, ISBN: 25768778-1 Fifth Grade U.S. History Studies Weekly Tennessee Edition: Industrialization to the Civil Rights Movement, ISBN: 25768794-1 May 2018 Kindergarten Tennessee Studies Weekly: The World Around Us ISBN: 25768859-1 General Comments: Tennessee Studies Weekly Kindergarten "The World Around Us" is a delightful and thoroughly engaging entry point to social studies. The read-aloud feature on each page can benefit different kinds of learners. Students who are learning to read, for example, can read along with the audio. ICS commends all coverage of ordinary and extraordinary people that helps young students appreciate the range and continuity of human experience and effectively reinforces the concepts of courage, self- control, justice, deliberation, and individual responsibility. The text evokes historical empathy for how people lived and worked long ago, reinforcing the concept of civic behavior. Adding more information about American Jewry will help to diversify the narrative and include an even broader range of family traditions and customs amongst a variety of cultures, both past and present (see Tennessee State Standard K.03). Recommended edits: ICS 2 Tennessee Kindergarten Studies Weekly, Week 10: Holidays Fall on all Days of the Week, Content Video, Intro. to U.S. Culture, text, paragraph 3, Change: “As immigrants came to America, they brought their own religious and cultural traditions with them. For example, many Eastern European Jewish immigrants came between 1875 and WWI, and the Catholic population ballooned from Southern Europe expanded in the 19th century. Religious and cultural diversity is continues to be a big part of American life.” Comments: The voiceover on the video states WWII, instead of the correct WWI noted in the text. For the text, ICS recommends adding this more precise language for greater accuracy. Over two million Eastern European Jewish immigrants arrived during this time period. In addition to religious traditions, Jewish and Catholic immigrants also brought their cultural traditions to America. For example, Jews brought with them a rich culture steeped in the Yiddish language and literature (for more information, see “Yiddish Literature,” The Yiddish Book Center. https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/language- literature-culture/yiddish-literature. Accessed May 16, 2018). Tennessee Kindergarten Studies Weekly, Week 10: Holidays Fall on all Days of the Week, Content Video, Intro to U.S. Culture, paragraph 4, Change: “Certain American ideals remain consistent despite religious, and racial, and ethnic differences variation. The principles of equality, democracy, individualism, and religious freedom faith transcend many cultural differences in the United States.” Comments: ICS recommends this change. “Faith” is not a basic American principle, but rather the freedom to express one’s religious faith - or better put, “freedom of religion.” Tennessee Kindergarten Studies Weekly, Week 23: Family traditions, Articles, “Clothing,” screen 1, Change: “We all do not dress the same. Some wear a tunic. Some wear a Sari. People from various traditions Some wear a special belt or head covering such as a kippah (as in the picture), turban, or hijab.” Comments: ICS recommends providing an example of a belt for greater accuracy. Because the picture includes a Jewish child in a kippah, the text should explain the head covering in the photo. It may be helpful to share some other examples of head coverings worn from other religious traditions. First Grade Tennessee Studies Weekly: Our Place in the United States ISBN: 25768824-1 General comments: Tennessee Studies Weekly First Grade “Our Place in the United States” is a delightful and thoroughly engaging entry point to social studies. The read- aloud feature on each page offers benefits for different kinds of learners. Students who are learning to read can read along with the audio, for example. The writing is clear and age-appropriate. The material is inclusive of many religious and national traditions, which are presented so as not to privilege one over another. Overall, the series provides a fun and
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